Just came across this crazy story.GitHub's new search functionality has been temporarily disabled after users discovered they could search for juicy content that had been accidentally uploaded, such as private keys, known hosts, and bash history files. According to a couple of different accounts, some credentials and other sensitive data may already have been used to cause mischief.However, it's not all doom and gloom. Some doofus uploaded his home directory to GitHub, which in itself is mighty stupid. This immediately turned into something disturbing: his history contained mplayer commands aimed at playing videos of child pornography, with rather graphic titles. The details were summarily posted to Reddit, where an investigation ensued. GitHub has disabled the user's account, and it seems that a few people may have contacted his university.So, whilst it looks like GitHub's search features may have caused problems for a few users, it has also lead to the discover and outing of a paedophile.